Fox News names Lily Fu Claffee, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, general counsel; Dianne Brandi, executive vice president-legal and business affairs, remains on voluntary personal leave ... T-Mobile hires Richard Taylor, ex-Entertainment Software Association, as director-corporate communications.
Marcelo Claure adds titles of chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. and CEO of SoftBank Group International, in addition to other personnel moves at Sprint (see this section of the May 3 publication), which is seeking regulatory OK to be bought by T-Mobile ... Sony Electronics hires Adam Goldberg, ex-Pioneer and Sharp Labs, as director-technical standards, based in its U.S. Technology Standards Office in Fairfax, Virginia ... BMI promotes Rafael Martinez to executive director-business affairs, creative ... LG Electronics USA promotes David VanderWaal to senior vice president-marketing with responsibility for mobile communications, home appliances and home entertainment brand marketing ... Salem Media names Carolyn Cassidy, ex-Salem's Denver stations, general manager for the Columbus, Ohio, market ... Dietrich von Klaeden of Axel Springer SE joins board of News Media Alliance.
Sprint promoted Marcelo Claure to executive chairman and Michel Combes to CEO ... Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter, and Rohit Chopra sworn in Wednesday as FTC commissioners ... Helmut Reisinger promoted to CEO of Orange Business Services, replacing Thierry Bonhomme, becoming special advisor to chairman and CEO before retirement later this year ... Geeks Without Frontiers names as CEO David Hartshorn, ex-Global VSAT Forum and ex-Warren Communications News, effective July 1; Angie Mar takes on new role of Geeks' International program director ... Accompany founder-CEO Amy Chang joins Cisco as senior vice president-Collaboration Technology Group, following Cisco acquisition of Accompany ... Wireless History Foundation picks Jenifer Snyder, ex-Fluid Market, as executive director ... Orbcomm names Aly Bonilla, ex-Office Depot, vice president-investor relations ... Data center operator NJFX names Roy Hilliard, ex-Reliance Global Cloud Exchange, vice president-business development ... New Regulatory Commission of Alaska member Antony Scott (see 1805010028) succeeded Rebecca Pauli, who departed Tuesday and had term expiring in 2022.
FTC says Chairman Joseph Simons sworn in, which spokesman says occurred at agency headquarters by FTC Secretary Donald Clark; Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Rohit Chopra to be sworn in later this week; and Christine Wilson takes office when Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen leaves ... DLA Piper hires Grace Koh, ex-National Economic Council (see 1802150048), to Telecom practice as partner; expertise includes media and technology policy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence ... With Cisco selling Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to Permira, which will create rebranded company focused on pay-TV video, Abe Peled, adviser to Permira Funds, named chairman of the new company.
Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen says FTC names ex-commission official from Cadwalader Wickersham Bilal Sayyed as director, Office of Policy Planning, where Tara Koslov was acting director since June 2016; Koslov will remain at the commission and Sayyed keeps teaching at George Mason University Scalia Law School, where he has taught antitrust and competition law, an agency spokesman says ... National Regulatory Research Institute/NARUC names as NRRI director Carl Pechman, ex-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, succeeding Rajnish Barua, hired as executive director, Delaware Public Service Commission, effective June 1, succeeding Robert Howatt, retiring.
CPB names J-Lab founder Jan Schaffer ombudsman for three-year term, effective May 1, succeeding ex-Washington Post Senior Editor Milton Coleman, term expired ... L3 Technologies appoints Melanie Heitkamp, ex-Leidos, as senior vice president-chief human resources officer, effective May 21, succeeding Kevin Weiss, retiring ... AmpThink hires Jim Banowsky, ex-Microsoft, as general counsel, with focus including expanding the HD Wi-Fi company's patent portfolio.
Returning to Viacom: Paula Kaplan, ex-AwesomenessTV, as executive vice president-talent and development, new post ... Discovery President-U.S. Ad Sales Ben Price to leave the company, effective at end of upcoming upfront selling season ... ClearCaptions names Corrine Perritano, ex-Beltone North America, chief operating officer ... Among other personnel changes in KCETLink Media Group and PBS SoCal/KOCE "merger of equals" (see 1804250057 and 1804250031), spokesman tells us KCET Chief Creative Officer Juan Devis takes that title at new entity, the name of which is to be determined.
FCC's John Evanoff promoted at Public Safety Bureau to deputy chief, Policy and Licensing Division ... In KCETLink Media Group and PBS SoCal/KOCE "merger of equals," (see 1804250057) expected to be completed in this year's first half, KCET Chairman Dick Cook named chair and PBS SoCal President-CEO Andrew Russell retains those titles for the combination ... E.W. Scripps moves up Danyelle Wright to vice president-employment and labor law and chief diversity officer, new post; she remains an employment attorney for the company.
Comcast NBCUniversal promotes Phil Tahtakran to head-NBCUniversal Federal Government Affairs and Margaret Tobey to senior vice president-regulatory affairs; Tahtakran succeeds Mitch Rose, himself recently elevated (see this section of the March 20 issue of this publication); Tobey represents NBC on the NAB board, Tahtakran represents the company through MPAA membership ... Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Executive Director-Secretary Steve King retiring, succeeded by Mark Johnson, UTC director-administrative services, who's promoted to executive director-secretary, effective May 1.
PdvWireless Vice Chairman Morgan O'Brien succeeding as CEO John Pescatore, who moves to vice chairman ... Control4 promotes JD Ellis to general counsel; ex-General Counsel Greg Bishop leaves to pursue other endeavors ... Michael Best law firm hires Anthony Biller and Emily Haas to Intellectual Property Practice group: Biller as partner and Raleigh office managing partner, Haas as senior counsel ... O'Melveny adds Supreme Court legal practitioner whose cases have involved smartphones Jeffrey Fisher as special counsel-appellate practice; he remains professor at Stanford Law School and co-director of its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.